Provision of Technical Support for Fault Studies Assessment of HPC EPR Safety Case

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Department for Work and Pensions awarded a contract to Amec Foster Wheeler for the provision of technical support with the detailed assessment of fault studies aspects of the HPC site's safety case documentation.

The HPC site was recently licensed by the ONR to allow the Licensee to construct and operate two EPRs.

The safety case documentation is large and complex, and a full assessment by ONR of fault studies aspects requires input from specialists and skill areas.

Nuclear safety aspects of construction, commissioning, and operation are regulated by ONR via regulatory permissioning points under specific Licence Conditions.

The assessment work supports different permissioning points up to granting of the Consent for Nuclear Island Concrete, split into stages.

The contract value is AUD 282,971.25.